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In the second year of Kaihuang 开皇 reign (AD 582), Sui Dynasty Emperor Wendi 文帝 issued the decree of constructing a new capital, which was called Daxing 大 兴. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty in the first year of Wude 武德 reign (618), this city remained the capital but was renamed Chang’an. The whole plan of Chang’an was a regular rectangle, measuring 8.6 km from the north to the south and 9.7 km from the west to the east. The palace city and the imperial city to its south, where the emperor residence and government offices were located respectively, stood right in the middle of northern Chang’an. Starting from the main gate Zhuquemen 朱雀门 on the southern side of the imperial city, a wide street, called Zhuque Dajie Street 朱雀大 街, ran straightly southward. As the central axis of Chang’an, the street divided the city into two halves: the eastern and the western. The two parts were equal in area and in the number of blocks and markets, and conformable in the planning of roads. This exactly symmetrical arrangement was just the continuation of the original layout of Sui Dynasty Daxing City. Regarding the planning of Daxing, although it was based on the principle of strict symmetry, still a bias to the eastern half city may hardly be overlooked under careful examination. Here are some examples. First, the residence of Prince Jinwang 晋王 (later Emperor Yangdi 炀帝), next only to the emperor and crown prince in political status and position, was placed on the eastern side of Zhuque Dajie Street, in the Kaihuafang Block 开 化坊. Second, as Buddhism held a higher position than that of Taoism in the early Sui period, the Buddhist temple Daxingshansi 大兴善寺 was built on the eastern side of Zhuque Dajie Street, in the Jingshanfang Block 靖善坊, whereas the Taoist temple Xuanduguan 玄都 观 was arranged on the western side, in the Chongyefang Block 崇业坊. Third, as the important place for the emperor to conduct the grand ceremony of sacrificing to Heaven, the round mound first built by Sui Emperor Wendi was located on the eastern side of the main road beyond the Mingdemen Gate 明德门 in the middle of the southern section of the outer city-wall. Among the suburbs of Tang Chang’an City, the eastern was the best in terrain, landscape and communication condition, which made the eastern city gates Tonghuamen 通化门 and Chunmingmen 春明门 the busiest in traffic. Inside the two gates, near the main streets, there lived a number of Tang Emperor Taizong 太宗 ’s close and trustful officials. For example, the residence of Zhangsun Wuji 长孙无忌 was in the Chongrenfang Block 崇仁坊, that of Fang Xuanling 房 玄龄 in Wubenfang 务本坊, and that of Wei Zheng 魏 征 in Yongxingfang 永兴坊. These blocks were all in the north of the eastern half city and close to the imperial and palace cities. Within the palace city, in the middle was the emperor’s Taijigong Palace 太极宫 with Taijidian 太极殿 as the main pavilion; in the east, the crown prince’s East Palace 东宫; and in the west, the Yetinggong Palace 掖庭宫 for imperial concubines and maids. It is obvious in contrast that the heart was so inclined to the east that the Yanximen Gate 延喜门 on the eastern side of imperial city functioned as an important palace-gate in addition to the southern, main gate Why Did the Eastern Half City (Left Capital) of Tang Chang’an City and Japanese Heijokyo and Heiankyo Capitals Become More Prosperous?